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Ukraine rewards soldiers with "points for kills" targeting Russians in a gamified system, Digital Minister Fedorov told Politico.

Soldiers get 20 points for damaging a tank, 40 for destroying it, 50 for rocket systems, and 6 per Russian killed.

Points buy drones and gear. 1/

Drone unit Magyar's Birds has earned 16,298 points, enough to buy 500 day drones, 500 night drones, 100 Vampire drones, and 40 reconnaissance drones.

90% of Ukraine's drone units now participate in the scoring system. 2/

Soldiers upload drone footage of confirmed hits to the Delta system, Ukraine’s digital command platform.

The military uses these videos to verify destruction, allocate rewards, and update battlefield data in real time. 3/

Units trade points for weapons through Brave 1 Market, an online military supply hub modeled on Amazon.

A Vampire drone costs 43 points and is delivered to the front within a week, fully paid by the government. 4/

Fedorov: They [units] started killing so quickly that Ukraine does not have time to deliver new drones.

The program "Army of Drones bonus" is driving intense competition and pushes the government to overhaul logistics to keep pace. 5/

Kyiv adjusts point values to influence combat outcomes - raising rewards for infantry kills from 2 to 6 tripled elimination rates in a month.

Fedorov says this is a tool that shapes battlefield strategy, besides simple motivation. 6X

Source: politico.eu/article/ukrain…